This is one of the most interesting books I've read in a while. Rachel Fordham is fast becoming one of my favorite authors, whose books I will always choose to review when they come up in my feed. I was not disappointed in choosing this book.
Hazel has spent five years in a reformatory for a crime she didn't commit but was convicted. Now she is out looking for a job and trying to make her way after her family has asked her not to come back home. They do not want her name to taint the opportunities for her sisters. She moves to a town not far away from where she grew up and finds work as A Lady in Attendance for a dentist. In today's vernacular, she would be classified as a dental assistant. She wants to be able to go back home and see her family, but she would have to clear her name first. As Hazel and Gilbert, her boss, become more acquainted, he becomes more intrigued by Hazel's secrets that she truly doesn't want to reveal but eventually she has to show her hand. Gilbert wants to help and enlists the aid of his friend, Duncan, who is also an attorney. His older brother shows up to throw a spanner in the works, but eventually ends up being very helpful.
Rachel has included intrigue, murder, and general mayhem in this book, along with two sweet love stories that have happily ever afters for the ladies as well as the men involved. The settings in this book are easily imaginable and the characters are believable and likable. The plot keeps the reader's attention with its pace and its subject.
This is a five star book with two thumbs up and a family reunited.
Revell Publishing and NetGalley.com provided the copy I read for this review. All opinions expressed are solely my own.
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